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Dr NR Biata

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science | Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Email: biatanr@unisa.ac.za
Campus: Science Campus
Building: NB Pityana
Office: A1-070

  • PhD Chemistry (University of Johannesburg, 2021)
  • MTech: Chemistry (University of Johannesburg, 2018)
  • BTech: Analytical Chemistry (Walter Sisulu University, 2014)
  • ND: Analytical Chemistry (Walter Sisulu University, 2013)

  • Microwave and micro-extraction (SPME, LLME, SDME & HSME) sample preparation.
  • Nanomaterial
  • Membrane Technology
  • inorganic and organic pollutants
  • spectrometric and chromatographic techniques

  • Application of different sample preparation methods for extraction and preconcentration of trace organic and inorganic analytes in different sample matrices prior to the chromatographic or spectrometric determination. 
  • Synthesis and characterization of organic nanoadsorbents for separation of pollutants in water samples

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Nomngongo, P. N., Biata, N. R., Sihlahla, M., Mpupa, A., & Mketo, N. (2020). Recent Advances in the Application of Greener Solvents for Extraction, Recovery and Dissolution of Precious Metals and Rare Earth Elements from Different Matrices. Nanotechnology-Based Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids, 299-309.
  2. Nomngongo, P. N., Munonde, T. S., Mpupa, A., & Biata, N. R. (2017). Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Multivariate Tools for Analysis of Trace Metals in Environmental Matrices. In Developments in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. IntechOpen.

  1. N.R Biata, S. Jakavula, A. Mpupa, R.M. Moutloali, P. N. Nomngongo. “Recovery of palladium and gold from PGM ore and concentrates using ZnAl-layered double hydroxide@zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanocomposite” separations-1877972, 2022
  2. N.R Biata, S. Jakavula, G. P. Mashile, R.M. Moutloali, P. N. Nomngongo.  “Recovery of gold and iridium using magnetic layered double hydroxide (Fe3O4/Mg-Al-LDH) nanocomposite prior their inductively coupled plasma spectrometric (ICP-OES) determination: Equilibrium studies and application to environmental samples” (2021)
  3. N.R Biata, S. Jakavula, G. P. Mashile, R. M. Moutloali, P. N. Nomngongo. "Recovery of Palladium and Gold from PGM Ore and Concentrate Leachates Using Fe3O4@ SiO2@ Mg-Al-LDH Nanocomposite." Minerals 11, no. 9 (2021)
  4. N.R Biata, L. Nyaba, J Ramontja, N. Mketo, and P. N. Nomngongo. "Determination of antimony and tin in beverages using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry after ultrasound-assisted ionic liquid dispersive liquid-liquid phase microextraction," Food chemistry 237 904-91, (2017).
  5. N.R Biata, K. M. Dimpe, J. Ramontja, N. Mketo, and P. N. Nomngongo. "Determination of thallium in water samples using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) after ultrasonic assisted-dispersive solid phase microextraction." Microchemical Journal 137, 214-222 (2018)
  6. N.R Biata, G. P. Mashile, J. Ramontja, N. Mketo, and P. N. Nomngongo. "Application of ultrasound-assisted cloud point extraction for preconcentration of antimony, tin and thallium in food and water samples prior to ICP-OES determination." Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 76, 14-21, (2019).
  7. L. Nyaba, N.R Biata, J. C. Ngila, and P. N. Nomngongo. "Ultrasound assisted-ionic liquid-dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for preconcentration of inorganic tellurium in environmental water samples prior to inductively coupled plasma–Optical emission spectrometry detection." Journal of Molecular Liquids 23, 154-159, (2017).
  8. Jakavula S., N.R Biata, P. N. Nomngongo.   “Critical review on synthesis and application of ion imprinted polymers (IIPs) for selective preconcentration, speciation and removal of toxic trace metals from different matrices (BATC-2020-0035) submitted to Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry.
  9. Jakavula, S., N.R Biata., Dimpe, K. M., Pakade, V. E., & Nomngongo, P. N. “Multi-ion imprinted polymers (MIIPs) for simultaneous extraction and preconcentration of Sb (III), Te (IV), Pb (II) and Cd (II) ions from drinking water sources”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416, 126175, (2021).
  10. Jakavula, S., N.R Biata., Dimpe, K. M., Pakade, V. E., & Nomngongo, P. N. “Magnetic Ion Imprinted Polymers (MIIPs) for Selective Extraction and Preconcentration of Sb (III) from Environmental Matrices”. Polymers, 14(1), 21, (2021).

  • NRF Research Award for Next Generation Researcher in the Natural Science
  • Associate member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Africa

Google scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=DUXgJAYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCHID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-3868